Monthly Archives: May 2018

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Playtime hasn’t always been this fun for 7-year-old Julian Carty, whose sensory processing disorder often prevents him from getting off the ground. “I really wanted to try [the zip line], but my body wouldn’t really let me do it so I tried and tried and practiced and practiced and it finally worked and I went on it and faced my fear and I got it,” he said. These kinds…

What is it like to have a sensory processing issue? “Your body feels wiggly, and you can’t control it,” said Julian Carty, 7. “It’s hard to do it,” he said. “It took me a while to figure it out.” After lots of practice, and lots of therapy, Carty has a good enough handle on his issues to make it through the school day while keeping focus. Afterwards, though, he often…